More panels…

Here’s the Radio Call plates:

The font isn’t exactly right, but it’s all I’ve got to work with.  All the searches I’ve done for the right font only come up with the one that Derek Higgs did for the Simpits group in 2000.

Landing gear handle panels – I flipped one over so you can kind of see the pocket work done on the back side.  A tiny single-sided PCB with warm-white LEDs will light this up nicely (and make it a Type VII edge-lit panel)

Here’s what it looks like on the landing gear handle:

I don’t have the right screws for this – #4-40 are very loose, #6-32 are too tight.  I’m not quite sure what the right screw is at this point. 🙂

Hopefully tomorrow I’ll post pics of the replacement TEWS panel.

New panel update…

Way back in March, I showed the starting process to how I built new edge-lit panels for the F-15.
I finally was able to get enough time away from doing 3D printer work to get some panel work done!
(The sad thing is, I bought the Rostock MAX to build parts for this and my other projects. Since it arrived I’ve pretty much done nothing but 3D printer oriented stuff…)

Here’s the new Jet Fuel Starter panels.

The new panels are on the left, the old panel is on the right.  There’s a few differences between them, but they’re dimensionally identical.  The “L” on the far left panel didn’t completely engrave, so I’ll need to touch that up by hand.

The original JFS panel has three 5V lamps that are embedded in the back of the panel.    In order to do any repairs to it, you need to use a motorized tool to grind out the “potting” material in order to reach the lamps and their wiring.  I suspect that the potting compound is clear, but I’ve never torn apart a panel to find out.  Maybe some time I’ll grab an old commercial airliner panel I have and tear it apart.  For Science! 🙂

Here’s what the new Nav edge-lit panels look like:

This was my first go-round at doing two-color panels.  There was some paint bleed and in a few points, masking failure.  I’ll touch these up by hand using a magnifying glass and a very fine detail brush.  If you didn’t know, the real panel is in the center.

I’ll post pictures of the other panels when I’ve got them completed.  I think there’s only one more to finish – it’s a two-color panel as well and fits on the fire suppression panel.

F-15 Instrumentation Resolution and Sampling Rates